Eyelash applicator



Nov. 28, 1950 L. LENZ EYELASH APPLICATOR Filed April 14, 1947 Patented Nov. 28, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,532,110 EYELASH APPLICA'IOR Leo Lenz, New York, N. Y.

Application April 14, 1947, Serial No. 741,278

3 Claims. l

The present invention relates to new anduseful improvements in devices for applying mas cara to eyelashes.

To apply mascara to womens eyelashes, a small brush in the form of a miniature dental brush is commonly used., The mascara itself is sold either in solid or cake form, which has to be mixed with water before being applied, or in paste form dispensed by pressure from a ccllapsible tin tube. In either case, a separate brush has to be used to receive and apply the mascara. None of the known brush or brushlike applicators attached to collapsible tubes can be used for that purpose because, in this case, the material is not applied to a solid surface on which it can be spread and distributed, but to eyelashes, which will not offer sufficient resistance to permit proper distribution of mascara unless it is applied in exactly the thickness and consistency which it is required to retain on the eyelashes.

It is an object of this invention to provide a device which can be attached to or associated with the neck of a tube of mascara paste which is in the form of a novel brush structure which will receive amounts of paste from the tube and permit it to be in regulated small quantities applied by the brush while on the tube in a smooth straight line to the eyelashes thus simplifying the application which has hitherto been tedious and protracted.

A further object is to provide a simple, efficient, durable device composed of a few simple parts which can be connected to the neck of the tube and used in situ for the above purpose and can be protected when not in use from derangement of the parts.

A still further object is to provide a simple device in which the parts are so simply and easily related that they can be readily and quickly dismantled for repair or replacement and cleaning when desired.

Further and more specific objects, features, and advantages will more clearly appear from the detailed specification hereinafter set forth especially when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a present preferred form which the invention may assume and which form part of the specification.

In brief and general terms the invention includes a novel form of brush comprising a pair of flat banks of bristles or hairs which may be suitably mounted on the neck of the mascara paste tube and which slope upward toward each other with the free ends lying in abutting relation to form a straight line applicator. Preferably the neck of the tube is provided with an elongated nozzle which extends to a point just within and below the meeting line of the bristles so that the material or paste is discharged immediately beneath this line on the rear surface of the bristles and is permitted to pass through in sufiiciently small quantities to enable the eyelashes to be smoothly covered by passing the bristles along the eyelashes in a brush-like movement.

In further particulars the brush and its mounting, the nozzle, and a cover for the same are demountably related so that the parts are easily removable for cleaning, repair, and re placement when desired.

The preferred form is shown in the of which:

Fig. l is a vertical longitudinal section through the complete unit;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through the upper portion of the device with the cover removed; and,

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device with the cover removed.

Referring now to the specific preferred form shown in the drawings, it will be seen that the 'nvention is adapted to be attached or associ ated with the usual collapsible tin tube of mascara paste such as Ill. This is conveniently housed when not in use in a cylindrical housing I l of rigid material. This housing is provided with a shouldered threaded upper end I2 to 00- act with a similarly shouldered and threaded lower end l3 of a cover element I l. The upper end of the tube I0 is provided with the usual screw-threaded neck l5 at the base of which is a shoulder l 6. In ordinary use a cap (not shown) is screwed on the neck to protect the contents during shipment and when in ordinary use. In the present instance, however, an elongated nozzle I! is screwable on to the neck. It is, of course, if desired, possible to have this nozzle drawings ll made integral with the body of the tube In.

Between the bottom of the nozzle and the shoulder l5 there is gripped a support element which in one form thereof comprises adjacent plates !5 and 59 having up-curved ends such as 20. These plates are relatively long and narrow and act as support for a pair of flat bands of bristles 2| the lower ends of which are firmly gripped between the curved ends of the plates l8 and [9 as shown in Fig. 2. These plates may be held together by any suitable means such as rivets and the like (not shown) so that the bristles.

can be assembled with the plates as a separate unit if desired ready to be attached to the tube beneath the nozzle. The nozzle aperture is shown as circular, but it may also be formed as a flat ellipse. It is also possible that the flat plates l8 and I!) can be substituted by being formed of plastic material into which the bristles are premolded.

The bristles are formed or treated in any suit able manner to assume a shape which will cause them to be disposed in a line sloping upwardly and inwardly from the ends of plates 18 and I9 in a fiat band toward each other. The upper free ends of these bands will therefore lie closely adjae cent to each other as shown to form a thin straight line just above and close to the upper end of the nozzle H as shown.

In the operation of the device, it is generally expected that the entire unit will be merchane dized in the form shown in Fig. 1, namely, with the tube, l0, in the housing I I and cover 14 with the bristle unit vmounted in place with the nozzle on thenecls of the tube. Of'course, they may be and are manufactured and assembled separately. To. use the device, it is merely necessary'to unscrew. the cover l4, remove the tube with the applicator device-on the end. Then the tube is squeezed inthe usual manner to permit a small amount of paste to exude from the nozzle on to the; rear face of the end of the bristles along the straight line meeting edge thereof. This will allow a small amount of the paste to pass through tethe front face of the bristles at their ends and this can be applied to the eyel h y r s n the tube in the hand andpassing thebristles across the eyelashes in the manner of a brush Whi h-will ca se n cessary uantities of paste to be smoothly applied. By having the twobands of bristlesthe brush or applicator may be moved in either direction desired. By having the nozzle end'very close to the meeting-line of the bristles, onlya-small amount of paste, need be extruded at a time thus saving material and at the same time not hav g o much on the brush a a y one time which would make the application difiicult nd inclin d o e sm ry- While the invention has been described in detail with respect to a present preferred form which the invention may assume, it is not to be limited to such details and form since many changes and modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in its broadest aspects.

Hence, it is desired to cover any and all forms and modifications of the invention which may come within the language or scope of any one or more of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An eyelash applicator comprising a collapsible tube for dispensing mascara paste, a nozzle on an end of the tube, a brush support on the tube and extending radially therefrom in a pair of diametrically opposed portions, a flat band of bristles secured to the outer end of each'portion, and said bands of bristles being mutually convergent from the outer ends of said support portions with the free ends of the bristles meeting in and along a straight line intersecting the axis of the nozzle.

2 An eyelash applicator comprising a collapsible tube for dispensing mascara paste, a nozzle on one end of the tube, a brush support on the tube in attached engagement with the nozzle, a pair of flat bands of bristlescarried by said support with the bands disposed at opposite sides of the nozzle and spaced radially therefrom, said bands of brise tles being inclined toward each other from the support to their free ends with their free ends meeting in and alonga straight line intersecting the axis of the nozzle perpendicular thereto at a point spaced slightly outwardly from the tip of the nozzle.

3. An eyelash applicator comprising a plate apertured for detachable engagement with the neck of a collapsible dispensing tube, a pair of flat bands of brush bristles secured at diametrie cally opposed points to said plate and extending therefrom in converging relation, the free ends of said bands ofbristles meeting in and along a straight line perpendicular to the axis of the plate aperture.

LEO LENZ.

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